[9fans] p9p: Virtual terminal fileserver

[9fans] p9p: Virtual terminal fileserver

[Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult]

Hi folks,

did anyone already write virtual terminal fileserver, which allows
starting a normal unix process on a virtual terminal (on Linux
the /dev/pts/*) and provides access to it via 9P ?

Then we could have a client/terminal connecting to it, so we have
screen(1)-alike functionality.


greetings
--
Enrico Weigelt,
metux IT consulting
+49-151-27565287

Re: [9fans] p9p: Virtual terminal fileserver

[Skip Tavakkolian]

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i'm a little confused by this. could you describe how this will work from a
user's perspective? do you mean that a user on p9p starts 9term, but the
/dev/cons is really a /dev/pts/* etc.?



On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <
enrico.weigelt@gr13.net> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> did anyone already write virtual terminal fileserver, which allows
> starting a normal unix process on a virtual terminal (on Linux
> the /dev/pts/*) and provides access to it via 9P ?
>
> Then we could have a client/terminal connecting to it, so we have
> screen(1)-alike functionality.
>
>
> greetings
> --
> Enrico Weigelt,
> metux IT consulting
> +49-151-27565287
>
>

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Re: [9fans] p9p: Virtual terminal fileserver

[Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult]

On 12.10.2014 19:47, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:

Hi,

> i'm a little confused by this. could you describe how this will work
> from a user's perspective? do you mean that a user on p9p starts 9term,
> but the /dev/cons is really a /dev/pts/* etc.?

I'd like to run it on a Linux system (eg. via p9p).

It should start an given command (eg. a shell or some other application)
on a virtual terminal and provide access to it via 9P (maybe even use
separate VTs for stdio vs. stderr).

As a counterpart I'd like to have some tool which can attach to these
servers (perhaps even multiple clients to the same session), so I have
a similar feature as a detached screen(1) session.


mit freundlichen Grüßen
--
Enrico Weigelt,
metux IT consulting
+49-151-27565287

Re: [9fans] p9p: Virtual terminal fileserver

[User &]

Hi,
Mycroftiv wrote hubfs for plan9 (http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Hubfs/index.html)
It may serve as inspiration :-)

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 03:35:53PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> On 12.10.2014 19:47, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > i'm a little confused by this. could you describe how this will work
> > from a user's perspective? do you mean that a user on p9p starts 9term,
> > but the /dev/cons is really a /dev/pts/* etc.?
>
> I'd like to run it on a Linux system (eg. via p9p).
>
> It should start an given command (eg. a shell or some other application)
> on a virtual terminal and provide access to it via 9P (maybe even use
> separate VTs for stdio vs. stderr).
>
> As a counterpart I'd like to have some tool which can attach to these
> servers (perhaps even multiple clients to the same session), so I have
> a similar feature as a detached screen(1) session.
>
>
> mit freundlichen Gr????en
> --
> Enrico Weigelt,
> metux IT consulting
> +49-151-27565287
>

Re: [9fans] p9p: Virtual terminal fileserver

[Bruce Ellis]

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To be honest I've wondered about this for a while.

Here's my quandry...

I use Vmware for Ubuntu 14 LTS.

First I start a dumbarse terminal and do:

factotum&
plumber&
sam&9term&

This gives me something I can work with.

But when I run venti, then fossil - I get no fossilcons in $ns. Fossil
works fine but you can't really keep it together without the console.

Now I digress. But I don't really.

If I try and run another 9term (as you would) you get "out of ptys".
Clearly my fscons is a failed pty.

That is my experience.

brucee
 On 14/10/2014 1:54 AM, "User &" <homer@awesom.eu> wrote:

> Hi,
> Mycroftiv wrote hubfs for plan9 (
> http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Hubfs/index.html)
> It may serve as inspiration :-)
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 03:35:53PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
> wrote:
> > On 12.10.2014 19:47, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > i'm a little confused by this. could you describe how this will work
> > > from a user's perspective? do you mean that a user on p9p starts 9term,
> > > but the /dev/cons is really a /dev/pts/* etc.?
> >
> > I'd like to run it on a Linux system (eg. via p9p).
> >
> > It should start an given command (eg. a shell or some other application)
> > on a virtual terminal and provide access to it via 9P (maybe even use
> > separate VTs for stdio vs. stderr).
> >
> > As a counterpart I'd like to have some tool which can attach to these
> > servers (perhaps even multiple clients to the same session), so I have
> > a similar feature as a detached screen(1) session.
> >
> >
> > mit freundlichen Gr????en
> > --
> > Enrico Weigelt,
> > metux IT consulting
> > +49-151-27565287
> >
>
>

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